Environmental Radiation Monitoring Reports

A biennial report outlining findings of levels of radiation found in Georgia's environment during 2000-2002. The Environmental Radiation Program in EPD measures and determines if radioactive materials are being released into the environment in quantities sufficient to adversely affect the health and safety of the citizens of Georgia.

This report provides results from the environmental radiation monitoring performed by the Environmental Radiation Program during calendar years 2000, 2001and 2002.

Since 1976, EPD has operated extensive radiation monitoring networks at nine facilities in or bordering Georgia. These facilities are:

1. U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Site - SRS (Barnwell, South Carolina);
2. Georgia Power Company Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Waynesboro, Burke Co.);
3. Georgia Power Company Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant (Baxley, Appling Co.);
4. Alabama Power Company Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (Dothan, Alabama);
5. U.S. Navy, Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay (St. Marys, Camden Co.);
6. Georgia Tech Research Reactor (Atlanta, Fulton Co.);
7. Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area (Dawsonville, Dawson Co.);
8. Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (Chattanooga, Tennessee);
9. Duke Power Company Oconee Nuclear Plant (Seneca, South Carolina)[Revised Mar 2004]